Overview
Intro to Tech bridges recreational and technical diving. With no decompression involved, you refine trim, buoyancy and propulsion to a technical standard and get hands-on with backmount doubles or sidemount.
What you'll learn
- Technical configuration (doubles & sidemount)
- Refined trim, buoyancy and propulsion
- Team awareness and communication
- Basic valve drills and gas sharing
What's included
- All academic sessions and instructor time
- TDI digital materials and certification registration
- Use of stage/technical rig and required gas fills
- Open-water training dives in Lake Okanagan
Prerequisites
SDI Open Water Scuba Diver (or equivalent), age 15+.
Configuration matters here. Sidemount or backmount doubles? Take our gear guide for a recommendation, or see the kit list below.
Doubles or sidemount?
Try both here before committing, then take our gear guide for a recommendation.
Kit for this course
Recommended gear
The configuration we'd dive for this course, tap any card to drill into products, or shop it as a ready-made bundle. Not sure what suits you? Take the gear guide →
Base configuration
Backmount doubles (twinset)
- Backplate, harness and wing
- Manifolded twin cylinders (isolation manifold)
- Long-hose primary + necklaced backup regulator
- Two computers / bottom timer
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Add-onCold-water (dry suit)
- Dry suit + appropriate undergarment
- Dry or wet gloves
- Dedicated dry-suit inflation hose
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